Start of my mk1 gti restoration UPDATED

JustAnotherMk1 said

This is gorgeous.

Is this something you do buy trade or as a hobby ?

Amazing work

Cheers mate.
It's my car but I do this sort of thing for a living,I'm lucky as I can jump on this inbetween customers jobs.

Very envious of what's in your garage/workshop, some lovely cars and plenty of equipment.

Top work fella.  

Macamizer said

JustAnotherMk1 said

This is gorgeous.

Is this something you do buy trade or as a hobby ?

Amazing work

Cheers mate.
It's my car but I do this sort of thing for a living,I'm lucky as I can jump on this inbetween customers jobs.

What does the cost run on something like this?

Well it's been a while.
Had to move premises but finally get to the end now,spent the last four months on and off getting it all back together
Here's some pics.

Stunning!
Excellent work. I've said it before for other spotless builds, I look at them and think I should have spent more  effort on mine, then I give myself a slap and accept my limitations (on time/money/skill).
What engine are you running in that? It doesn't look like a 1.8 DX.
I love the photo with the reflection of the Lancia in the paint work!

J

Cheers mate.

Engine is 2.0 3a bubble block out of the audi 80,  the rest is 1.8 dx, ported and polished head, miltec stainless exhaust,g60 front brakes , rear disc conversion with 9" servo everything else is standard.

Few more pics from this morning

Really struggling for bumpers now,last peice of the puzzle.

Eurocarparts sell them but they go in and out of stock so just set up en email alert and buy them as soon as they come in. I bought front and back and they look fine. Heritage sell them but actually say the quality is... variable.

I bought Euro ones for mine. Needed some mods to the brackets to get them to fit nicely, but I'm quite pleased with them. I still need to trim off the mold flashing with a sharp knife. If you have the original metal work, I wouldn't have thought it would be that hard to fit the new plastics to the original metal work. Appreciate they aren't original though.

Cheers guys I actually have aftermarket ones from heratige, But think I'm going to try and restore some genuine ones if possible.